Photos Behind the Book

No More Tools in Tiny Hands, a sign at Mukti Ashram, where Carol met Maina.

Chapter 4

Gobi, the cab driver.

Bullocks with blue and orange sticks, “not horns, Madam.”

Chapter 5

Westtown School, where I first met Kevin Bales and learned about the work of Free the Slaves.

Chapter 6

At the first Dress for a Good Cause.

At a subsequent Dress for a Good Cause event.

Our first project completed – a motorcycle for Bal Vikas Ashram, a center for boys rescued from slavery. The motorcycle allowed coordinators to make field visits quickly and economically—to check on the health and well-being of boys who had returned home after recovery.

Chapter 7

A typical meeting for the Rotary Club of West Chester Downtown – gathering around a table to figure out how to solve tough world problems…including child slavery.

Braiding bracelets helped us establish connections and helped girls learn to play again.

Portrait of Mahatma Gandhi on the wall of the activity room.

Chapter 23

Punarnawa’s little altar in daylight.

Chapter 24

Scenes from Jaya’s village.

Jaya and Kathryn hug good-bye.

Chapter 25

Gathering at a Community Vigilance Committee meeting in India near the borders of Nepal and Bangladesh, where villagers learn that they have rights and ways to protect their children against trafficking. (Photo by Mike Korengel.)

Chapter 26

Finding hope – girls show the marigolds they planted.

Hanging wish flags made from scraps from Dress for a Good Cause.

Mural on the dorm – What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?

Chapter 28

The 4th Annual Dress for a Good Cause at Westtown School

Rotarians raising funds for the next projects for survivors. (Photos by Eric Metzker)